Rupert Thomas wrote:


>Hi,
>I've been trying to read data recorded on CD-r a lot recently, and it
>seems that sometimes I can't see all the data on the CD, but the data
>able to be seen is different on different computers (All running Windows
>95, but with a number of different CD drives.)
>
>It seems, if data is recorded at different times on to a cd, (I'm right in
>calling this multisession, aren't I?) I can only see one of the sessions.
>Another computer can only see the data written in the other session, and
>a third computer can  see the entire CD all at once. Also if I view the
>contents of the CD in DOS, I can see all the data on the CD on my
>computer.
>
>Is there a setting that I can change, or something, so that I can see all
>of
>the CD on my computer when using Windows 95? (Sorry if the above
>doesn't make much sense, but I'm new to this area.)
>


Many of the CD drives are not able to read multisession CDR's.  You have to
check the specs of the CD drive to see if it supports multisession CDR's.
This may also differ depending on the CDR the CD was written on.  It should
be readable from the CDR it was written on.

Hope this helps.

Mary Wolden